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OI.OEST MARRIED COl’PEE IN AMERICA? — Louisville. Ky. — Pastor Hadley Hall (L)
congratulates Rev. and Mrs. Toby Crosby last week, after they were awarded a certificate of
membership In the National Centernarians. The couple, thought to be the oldest married couple in
America (he's 121 and she Is 93). are from Palatka. Fla. Eleven other centenarians attend^ the
reunion services. (CPI)
COCU Is Aiding Union Of
9-Member National Group
MEMPHIS, lenn. — Basic union of the three black Methodist denominations, African
Methodist Episcopal. African Methodist Episcopal Zion and Christian Methodist
Episcopal was the chief topic of discussion at a two-day meet, hosted by the
Consultation on Church Union, held at the CME Publishing House, May 29-30.
The three denominations are
members of a consortium that
has been carrying on conver
sation with SIX white denomin
ations to bring about a church,
known as The Church Uniting
»0ne of the concerns of the
blacks has been institutional
opc>rate under an episcopacy
form, with itinerv bv a chief
concern Even though a local
congregation makes its own
laws, they must not be counter
to those of the general church.
Both operative and interprets-
racism It is said to have been
the reason for blacks leaving
the Methodist Church more
than too years ago However.
the first group left, split into 2
ana lau—
groups aha laier on tnere was a
third group of black Methodists
organized
The polity of the three are
fashioned after Wesley theol
ogy of religion, flowing from a
heart that felt strangely warm.
after a prayer meeting They
Efforts Of
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tive powers are vested in the
bishop.
With so many things in
common and the influence of
the church waning, many
church leaders feel that the
union of black Methodists
would add greatly to the cause
of winning the world for Christ.
With such a great potential
imminent, the leaders of COCU
decided to take a look at
possibilitie.s
The meeting resulted in a
commission l^ing named to
prepare a joint Lenten observ
ance that would be shared by
the (hn.*e There was also the
directive to the commission to
prepare the material and
submit same to the secretariat
of CUCU. It will then be sent to
the CME Publishing House to
be printed and distributed for
the 1976 Lenten period.
A second venture in the
process is to prepare and
project a mission's program
that will show a oneness in the
field of missions. It is fell that
such an approach would
greatly improve the effective
ness of missionaries every
where. This would take the
peril of competition out of the
effort and show that the three
were really in the business of
saving the world for Christ.
The final decision was to
prepare and distribute a
hymnal, by a committee, that
would be used by the three The
(See COCU IS. P 2)
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National Black News Service
WASHINGTON - Three
Northern Virginia jurisdictions
- Fairfax. Arlington. Alexan
dria • are calling it quits with a
iMni office they established
"Tyear ago to recruit minority
A members and women for local
police forces because the
(See EFFORTS OF. P. 2)
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P.\YS OFF — Los Angeles —
Oediralion to sports on the part
of comic Klip Wilson, led to the
arrest of an alleged car thief
when police located his golf
clubs and tennis rackets.
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WASHINGTON. DC. - A
Georgia legislator, who looms
as the only black the nation
considers a candidate for the
Presidency of the United
Stales, plus a member of sports
and political figures emerge
this year as the National
Newspaper Publishers Assoc
iation Newsmakers of the
Year.
Georgia Stale Senator Julian
Bond, ranked 7th in a national
Gallup poll in terms of a
recognition factor for (he
highest elective office in the
country, appeared on all the
lists submitted by NNPA
member publishers.
The composite list was
released (his week by Howard
B Woods, publisher of the St.
Louis Sentinel, chairman of the
Newsmakers Committee and
vice president of NNPA.
Or Carlton Goodletl. pub-
(See JULIAN BOND. P 2)
BY RICK HIGH
The North Carolina
Association of Human
Relations Officials held a
meeting in Raleigh Tues
day morning at the St. Paul
AME Church. The meeting
was held to unify a coalition
of civil rights groups from
throughout the state.
Beverly R. Mitchell, the
president of the association,
along with Nancy Drum, of
ERA United, and Travis
Francis of (he Commission for
Racial Justice, sent out a letter
to appeal to the people of the
State of North Carolina for
their support. It follows:
“There ii currently before
both houses of the legislature of
North Carolina a Fair Employ
ment Bill (SB-B13 and HB-1065)
which, if passed, would give
the North Carolina Human
Relations Commission suffi
cient powers to prevent and
eliminate discriminatory em
ployment practices based upon
race, creed, color, religion,
national origin, ancestry, age
or sex. At present, the only
agency in North Carolina with
powers to enforce fair employ
ment laws is the Charlotte
District Office of the Equal
Employment Opportunity
Commission. It currently has a
backlog of approximately 2,800
charges of discrimination. New
charges are being received at
the rare of close to 160 per
month. It currently lakes 2*3 to
3 years to get a charge
investigated. By this time next
year. North Carolina employ
ees may be expected to wait 3>3
to 4 years before an investiga
tion of their complaint is
begun."
The bill, should it pass, will
enable Human Relations Com
missions throughout the State
to act upon all charges of job
discrimination
Currently, the Equal Em
ployment Opportunity Com
mission. investigates all com
plaints of job discrimination.
“But they have a backlog of
cases so long that it would
probably double or triple
within the next two ye'j.-s.”
stressed one observer
Ronald K Ingle, director of
the N C. Human Relations
Commission, told the group of
35 people (hat his office was
available to offer technical
advice and services.
Ingle stressed that the bill
should include provisions for
enforcement and investigative
procedure
Some other people in attend
ance at the meeting were Rev.
Leon While oi the Commission
(See RIGHTS GROUPS. P 2)
Israel Allows Blacks
OLINIAN
North Carolina's Leading Weekly
VOL. 34 NO. 32 RALEIGH. N.C.. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY. JUNE 7. 197li~ , SINGLE COPY 2^_'
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SLAIN AT FISH PALACE
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Students
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BY CHARLES R JONES
One man Is dead and two
are out of jail on bond in
connection with his shot
gun death at about 2:30
a.m. last Saturday at the
Fish Palace, a Wake
County night club, located
west of Holly Springs. The
victim. Howard Lee Mc
Leod. 29 of Fuquay-Varina.
was reportedly struck once
in the stomach and again in
the head, according to
W'ake County Coroner
Marshall W'. Bennett.
Of Color
Resolved
DR KELLY M. SMITH
Boys’ Club
Accorded
Nat’l Honor
■ Tk* Crta< Bui.
JUMPED BY THREE
Jiles Brun Wiggins, 3327
Holly Springs Rd.. told Officer
Barnes at 2 a m. Sunday,
in&t he was walking down the
400 block of Patterson Lane
when three black males
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^Centennial Banner^
lumped him and started hitting
him about the head and back
and took his money. He said he
didn't get a good look at his
assailants because he was
laying face down on the
f iround Wi^ins had $30 taken
rom him during the incident.
(See CRIME BEAi\P 3)
NEW YORK - Fifty-eight
musically talented young black
men and women, ^tween the
ages of 18 and 20. are to be
selected from subscribers who
are bona fide residents of (he
Original Thirteen States. These
young musicians will be
formed into a marching and
concert orchestra, which will
oerform under the banner of
the “Bucks of America “
The Massachusettes Histor
ical Society, guardian of the
banner, has authorized Paral-
lelodrome. Ltd., a New
RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES — WalUiam. Man. — U.S.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (L). Jokes with Los Angeles Mayor Tom
Bradley (RI as Sen. Kennedy arrived late for Brandeis University
commencement exercises. June I. Both received honorary Doctor
of Laws degrees and Sen. Kennedy delivered the school's
.commencement adless. (UPI)
York-based not-for-profit cor
poration to produce replicas of
the banner. Paralleldrome has
developed a series of bicenten
nial programs commemorat
ing the support our patriot
forefathers of African ancestry
contributed to (he cause, spirit
and ideals which led to the
nation's independence.
The “Bucks of America" will
perform a collection of
patriotic music, both those
created by our patriot fore
fathers of African ancestry and
those songs which spirited the
new nation into battle "W'e
have compiled over ISO years
of music, which we believe will
prove to be of great interest to
our young people and the
nation at large. ' said Mr.
Lorenzo K. Greenwich, project
and musical director. “And we
believe." Mr. Greenwich con
tinued. “that this project could
prove to be a wonderful
occasion for the participating
young people. We can expect,
which should also be noted, the
orchestra to travel extensively,
throughout the United States
and we are anticipating
considerable travel abroad "
Participation in the program
is by application only. Regis
tration for possible participa
tion is now open. A registration
fee of $20.00 is requir^ of each
applicant. The registration fee
is non-refundable and is to be
used to help defray the various
processing and audition ex
penses. Those persons wishing
to obtain application forms
should forward their names
nnd addresses, accompanied
(bee BLACK YOUTHS, P 2)
CHICAGO. Ill - A program
designed to educate the
youngest members on the
nutritional values of foods, won
national honors here this week
for the Boys’ Club of Wake
County in a program excell
ence competition conducted by
the Boys' Clubs of America.
The club was selected from
nearly 1.100 Boys' Clubs
throughout the country as an
honor award winner in the
competition Announcement of
the award was made during the
fiOth anniiAl rnnferenre of ih»
million-member Boys' Clubs of
ibee BOYS' CLUB. P 2)
NEW YORK. N.V -
Twenty-three college students
will spend their summer
vacations learning how to be
future fund-raisers, thanks to a
grant from the Wayerhaueser
Foundation of St. Paul. Minn.
The students, all undergra
duates at United Negro College
Fund member institutions, will
fan out over 16 UNCF field
offices throughout the country
They will first undergo a
three-day briefing session in
Dallas. May 30-June I.
Christopher F Edley. UNCF
executive director, said (hat
the Weyerhaueser grant “en
ables the UNCF to develop
future fund-raising leadership
and enables the students to
earn money for their continu
ing college .‘ducation at the
same lime."
The $15,000 grant is the
second year of a program set
up by the Minnesota philan
thropy In Dallas, the .sludi'niv
will attend orientation session.s
held on (he Bishop College
campus, a UNCF school
At the time ot the arrest of
21-year-old Sainttrl W Belt' of
Holly Springs, and Da.id
Samuel Battle. 29. also of the
Holly Springs area, no bond
was allowed, stated officials of
the court
However, on Monday of this
week, according to Wake
County Jailer High, both men
were freed, pending a prelimi
nary hearing, on bonds of
$2,500 each. Betts is reportedly
charged with firing the fatal
(See SLAIN AT. P 2)
Shaw Will
Host NC
Churchmen
Masons Set
St. John’s
Day Sun.
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Appreciation
Checks Won
By Man, Woman
Appreciation Money Feature
checks in the amounts of $10
each were won by a man and a
woman last week in the weekly
give-awa>. sponsored by this
newspaper and participating
merchants listed on the back
page of the front section every
Mrs Allene C Miller. 409
Walton Street, saw her name in
the advertisement paid for by
the Bea Hive. 126 S Salisbury
St . where they serve break
fast. lunch and the best hot
dog in town '
Julian Evans. 1913 Tee Dee
Si . was the winner from the
Warehouse ol Tires, corner of
S Person and E Das ie Streets.
'See APPREC1Ahv).n. r z-
BY W A “PETE WILDER
The Excelsior L>dge No 21.
Prince Hall Masonic Affiliate,
of Raleigh, journeys to Oxford
Sunday at 1 p m to lake part in
the annual St John's Day
(-elehralion in be held at the
Ceniral <
\ t.u- M .(t.-.j«ii iing ihe local
nieinlieis .itiil their friends, is
si'hfduled In lease Ihe Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium al 1 p m
Following Ihe arrival on Ihe
campus of the orphanage, a
delicious dinner has been
planned for all attending
The services will b<*gin al 3
prompils
Tremendous planning has
been engaged by the local
lodge with 1. C Ulmer. Jr .
chairman in charge
-\ large crowd is expected to
attend
Thn^ IS an annual affai; and
hascnniinued lor manv years,
since the orphanage was
• See M \.>(INS TO P 2»
“The Church: its Mission
and Messengers," will be the
focus of the 39th annual
Ministers' Institute and first
annual Christian L.ay Leaders'
Institute at Shaw University.
Raleigh. June 9-13 The
programs are under the
auspices of the Department of
Continuing Christian Educa
tion of (he Shaw Divinity
School Registration will begin
at 9 a m on Monday. June 9.
and the sessions will end about
noon on Friday. June 13. All
sessions will be held in the
Shaw University Union Build
ing
Dr. Kelly Miller Smith,
pastor of First Baptist Church.
Nashville, Tennessee and as-
Naiional Black News Service
JERUSALEM - The
Israeli government has
recogniz^ the Falashaa - a
black Ethiopian sect • as
Jews and is preparing to
offer immediate immi^a-
tion and Israeli citizenship.
The decision has been
publicly criticized by some
government officials and other
prominent Israelis
Although Ethiopia had brok
en off diplomatic relatinru with
Israel during (he October 1873
Mideast war. prevailing Itraelt
sentiment huilretsed with a
cabinet committee study of the
Falahsas conquered
Seventy members of the
Ethiopia sect are due to arrive
here in (he near future in
the first of several flights
sponsored by the Jtwish
Agency, the quasi-official arm
of the government in harge of
immigration
About 150 Falasnai already
live here TTiey have been here
since 1972 and occupy mainJy
professional positions. Afto,
‘“72.
1972. ' pressure has
(Sec ISRAEL TO P
J. Jackson
Is Against
Old ‘Vice’
'See MINISTERS. P 2j
Harris And
Raiford To
‘YM’ Talks
Dr Nelson H Harris,
chairman, Board of Managers,
and Ernest Raiford. executive
director of (he Bloodworlh
Street Y'MCA. will represent
the association at (he South-
ea.siern YMCA regional con
sortium of black YMCA's
seminar at the Howard
Johnson Motor Lodge. Rich
mond. Va . June 5-7
The general theme of (he
meeting Is “Strengthening and
Preservation of Black YMCA
Units • Internal Renrival and
• See HARRIS AND. PT 2»
National black News Service
CHICAGt) — The Rev. Jetse
L Jackson is attacking an old
problem that has plagued
black communities around the
country for years - vices. And
he has called (or a restoration
of discipline among blacks.
“We re free to do a lot of
things we couldn't do before,
but we don't have the discipline
to do them
“We're free to have any job,
but we have to be disciplined to
produce We re free to go to
any school, but we must take
the responsibility to learn," the
country preacher said.
But for discipline to be
restored, there has to be
abstinence from narcotics,
alcohol, nicotine “and (heother
vices that have sapped our
individual strength to cash in
on our insli(uti(mal victc^es.
“A black man selling dope
hurts communities more than a
(See J JACKSON. P. 2)
EZZARD CHARLES DIK.S -
Chicago — Former hea\>-
weight champion Ezzard
Charles, died in his sleep earl>
>lav 2K al the Xeterans
Vdministration Uestside Kos-
pilal. where he had been a
patient since March 1. 1971.
Vltendanis said he was
suffering (rom Vmvotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis. Charles
gained the heavv weight boxing
title June 2. I9I9 whenhr won a
l.'i-round decision over Jersev
Joe VSolrott. < I PI >
Appreciation Money
SPOTLIGHT THIS WEEK
NATIONAL MARKET
For The Best In Meals. Other Groceries "
StM.EMN .M0.ME:\T-- tills picture was taken at the annual NAACP Mothers' Day, heM In RaMfh.
.Ma> 2h. It was one of the solemn moments of the day. National Board chairman. Attorney Margaret
Hush Wilson, is presenting (he daughter and husband of the late Harveleigh R. White, a resolatlM
adapted bv the state conference. Kelly M. Alexander, president, is showing his apfreval of the act